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As the concept of “food as medicine” gains traction, doctors, dietitians and insurers already active in the space are keen to distinguish the difference between “better-for-you” products and those proven to effect a health change and therefore worthy of reimbursement and physician endorsements.
The bipartisan, bicameral reintroduction of the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act yesterday by Sens. Susan Collins and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Penn.) and Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) “would strengthen food retailers as a health and well-being destination” and boost reimbursable access to the growing food as medicine movement in the US, according to stakeholders.
This week, join FoodNavigator-USA and stakeholders across the supply chain, including Eat Just, The Hartman Group, Oishii, NotCo, Instacart, NIQ, Consumer Brands Association, FMI – The Food Industry Association, Cargill and more for our three-day Futureproofing the Food System digital summit.
PepsiCo awared snack brand CHUZA the grand prize for the Greenhouse Accelerator Program: Juntos Crecemos edition, as the startup plans to use the award money to expand distribution across the US, brand founder and CEO Daniel Schwarz told FoodNavigator-USA.
Only three out of five licensed childcare centers in low-income areas participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), revealing an opportunity to provide healthy food for children and highlighting the discrepancy in resources and awareness among other federally funded food nutrition programs, according to research from UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health.